“The key is will it do any good,” the Dallas Morning News’ website quoted Jones as saying.

“The history of football and in the NFL shows that it rarely can do any good other than a momentary ‘feel good’. The other thing that happens is if you do consider a change and don’t have success, then that ‘feel good’ doesn’t last very long. That’s the reality of it.

“The real world is, the one I’m looking at, where we are. I want to see what we can do. … We’re going to Green Bay and we all know what that challenge is up there and we need to be better.”

Asked if there a time and place for a ‘feel good’ move for the fans, Jones said: “It is important because you got to live with the ‘feel good’ move and is it important to do that for 30 minutes or is it important to do that ‘feel good’ for an hour? Feel good for a week? Feel good for two weeks? The significance of improving on what we’re doing on the field right now is very critical.

“I think this: I do want to remind every fan that is listening, that if some of the fundamental things that help teams win are…the franchise, frankly, can be important and the stature of the franchise can be important. The amount of money in professional football, professional sports, the amount of money that is expended to help the team win; that’s a big deal. We spend more on this team than any team in all of football. So, I’ll answer that one for you.”